The 2018 N
aples Workshop on Bioactive Peptides once again brings together leading sc
ientists from academia and pharma and biotech industries to present most a
dvanced studies in peptide science.

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After the first edition in 198
8\, the 2018 workshop\, 30 years from the beginning\, will be the 16t
h edition of this internationally well known meeting and is entitled
to “The exciting role of peptides in life-science”.

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The workshop
is scheduled on June 7th-9th 2018 and will be held i
n Napoli (Italy) at the Centro Congressi of University of Naples “Federico
II”.

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The workshop starts in the morning of Thursday June 7th
\; six sessions with plenary lectures\, key notes and oral presentat
ions and two poster sessions are scheduled.

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A peptide showcase is
also scheduled to give the opportunity to companies developing peptide the
rapeutics and related technologies to present their perspectives on the cu
rrent and future strategies.

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Structure-activity relationship studi
es have always been a key feature and the most relevant aim of the variou
s editions of the Naples Workshop\, gathering peptide chemists interested
in improving the biological properties of native peptides and convert the
m into more drug-like compounds.

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The focus of the 16th
edition of the workshop foresees the emerging and challenging developments
of peptides in many fields such as Chemical Biology\, Immunology\, Antimi
crobial Activity\, Diagnostic and therapeutic applications\, Peptide mimet
ics\, Chemical Ligation and Bioconjugation\, Folding and Aggregation.